VI. 
August ij , 1898.] 
CONTENTS. 
[The Gardening World. 
Manuring, science of, 534 
Maranta picta, 119 
Marattia Burkei, 151 
Margate, new park for, 645 
Marigolds, African, 54; selected 
striped French, 135 
Market gardening in the Queen’s 
reign, 186, 197, 214 
Masdevallia corniculata, 263; Imogen, 
774 ; ventriculata longicaudata, 538 
Matricaria Parthenium Golden Ball, 
54 
Mats, straw, 316 
Maxillaria elegantula, 230 
Maze, the, 756 
Meadowbank Nursery, Rothesay, 314 
Meconopsis cambrica flore pleno, 679 
Medals at Shrewsbury, 6 
Medicinal fruit, 651 
Melon, Cox's Golden Gem, 184c 
(supt.); Croxteth Jubilee, 119; 
Diamond Jubilee, 413; Excelsior, 
151; Frogmore Scarlet, 23, 408; 
Mrs. Herrin, 39; Taunton Hero, 
41r;The Lady, 427 
Melons with new disease, 135 ; with 
seeds germinating, 791 
Melville Castle in July, 745 
Metropolitan Public Gardens Asso¬ 
ciation, 407 
Michaelmas Daisies at Long Ditton, 
107; exhibiting, 237 
Michauxia campanuloides, 46 
Microbes on kitchen garden vege¬ 
tables, pathogenic, 59 
Midland Great Western Railway of 
Ireland, 62S 
Mikania Sanderi, 679 
Millfield Nursery, Edmonton, 779 
Milne, Lance-Corporal Patrick, 164 
Miltonia bleuana rosea gigantea, 630; 
peetersiana, 70 ; vexillaria Empress 
Victoria Augusta, 630 
Mimetic resemblance, 322 
Mimulus luteus, 52 
Mina lobata, 109 
Miramar, Exmouth, 603 
Mistleto bough, the, 280 ; source of, 
277 . 293 
Moles and their food, 375 
Moneywort, the variegated Cornish, 
605 
Monifieth Nursery, 42 
Mora nut, the, 455 
Morchella sp., 631 
Morland Nursery, South Norwood, 
587. 636 
Mormodes'oenanthum, 571 
Moss and lichen on fruit trees, 36 
Mosses, study of, 375 
Moth, the Gipsy, 292; the Silver Y, 
293 
Mummers at dinner, 252 
Musa Cavendishii, 137, 395, 458 
Muscari botryoides album, 709 
Muscat House, a famous Cannon 
Hall, 7x3 
Mushroom picking a felony, 8; 
Mushrooms and Broccoli, 122; field, 
614; Japanese, 268; preservation 
of, 709 
Mutual Improvement Associations : 
Birmingham Amateur Gardeners, 
116, 277, 343, 374 ; Bristol Amateur 
Horticultural Society, 116; Cardiff 
Naturalists’ Society, 503; Cater- 
ham Gardeners' outing, 789 ; Cor- 
bridge and District Gardeners’, 84 ; 
Cork Literary and Scientific 
Society, 252 ; Chiswick Gardeners’, 
308, 422, 439, 470, 502; Ealing 
Gardeners’ Society, 85, 148, 212, 
228, 244, 245, 260, 325, 342, 358, 
423, 454 (spring show) 476, 503, 
518, 631, 788 ; Devon and Exeter 
Gardeners, 69, 101, 164, 276, 309, 
325. 359 . 423. 455 . 644 i Devon and 
Exeter gardeners on holiday, 725; 
Forfar Horticultural Improvement, 
581 ; French Horticultural Society 
of London, 332 ; Liverpool Horti¬ 
cultural, 250, 324 ; Lough¬ 
borough Gardeners’, 324, 596; 
National Amateur Gardeners’, 268, 
438, 564, 730; Preston and Ful- 
wood Horticultural Society, 116, 
407, 580; Reading and District 
Gardeners', 276, 331, 349, 362, 395, 
428, 439, 471,519. 542, 597, 677; 
Renfrew Gardeners', 260; Rye 
Gardeners’, 116, 358; Scottish 
Horticultural Association, 58, 116, 
325. 374 . 375 - 423. 455 . 470 . 503. 
580, 793, 807 ; Shirley Gardeners’, 
68, 117, 197, 325, 422, 486,534, 677, 
804 ; Torquay Gardeners’, 292, 316, 
324; Tunbridge Wells, 116, 123, 
454, 518; Ware and District Horti¬ 
cultural, 470; West Derby Gar¬ 
deners’ 342; Wolverhampton Gar¬ 
deners’ Horticultural Club, 36; 
Woolton, 100, 132, 164, 229, 260, 
309 . 343 . 375 . 439 
Myrobalan Plum, 628 
N 
Names of plants, popular and botani¬ 
cal, 421 
Nandina domestica, 119 
Narcissus: Barrii conspicuus, 521; 
Bulbocodium citrinus, 10 ; bicolor 
grandis, 10 ; J. B. M. Camm, 
524; Johnstoni Queen of Spain, 
10, 507 ; Lady Margaret Bos- 
cawen, 538 ; Lucifer, 538; maxi- 
mus, 558 ; Mrs. Walter Ware, 524 ; 
Oriflamme, 538 ; poeticus Diadem, 
571 ; poeticus Homer, 538 ; Vic¬ 
toria, 462 ; White Lady, 571; 
White Queen, 538 ; Will Scarlet, 
571 ; White Wing, 571 
Narcissus, the, in Devonshire, 503 
Nasturtium Queen of Tom Thumb, 
710 
National Chrysanthemum Society 
and the Royal Aquarium, 250, 262, 
437 ; annual outing, 692, 763 
National Co-operative flower show, 
804 
Native Guano, 358 
Natural beauty, 789 
Needs of the times, gardeners 
awakening to the, 453 
Neill Prize, the, 615, 629 
Nelumbium nuciferum speciosum, 
807 
Nepenthes, 36, 292 ; house at Kew, 
299 ; Tiveyi, 37 
Nepeta Glechoma variegata, 576 
Nerine Countess of Bathurst, 151 ; 
Lady Bromley, 151 ; Lady Dorring- 
ton, 151 ; Lady Lawrence, 151 ; 
Lady Llewellyn, 151 ; Lady Lucy 
Hicks-Beach, 151 ; Lady Mary 
Shelly, 151 
New York Botanical Gardens, 534 
Nitragin and alinite, 757 ; experi¬ 
ments with, 19 
Notebook, notes from my, 133; 
Montbretias, 247; Phloxes, 262 
Nottingham, floral decorations at,74i 
Novelties in vegetables, 405 
Nursery and Seed Trade Address 
List, 117 
Nuts, a big bunch of, 52 
Nymphaea, gloriosa, 775 ; ignea, 807 ; 
odorata rosacea, 775 
o 
Oak, extraordinary, 378, 391 
Oaks, dwarf, 379 
Obituary: Amys, Mrs. Cornelia 
Rachel, 148; Baillie, Mr. E. J., 
117, 141; Bateman, Mr. James, 
237; Brown, Mr. James, 286: 
Casey, Mr. James, 244 ; Cocker, 
Mr. James, 61, 101; Davies, Mr. 
Isaac, 116 ; Gibson, Mr., 245 ; 
Grey, Mr. William, 270 ; Linden, 
M. Jean, 309, 333 ; Me Ewen, Mr. 
David, 245; Marquard, C.M.G., 
Mr. Leopold, 244; Ormiston, Mr. 
Thomas, 132 ; Paterson, Dr. Alex¬ 
ander, 558 ; Princess Mary Ade¬ 
laide, Duchess of Teck, 148; 
Sheasby, Mr. Thomas, 366 ; Terry, 
Alderman, Sir Joseph, 333 ; Tonks, 
Mr. Edmund, 398; White, Mr. 
Lynch, 573 ; Willey, Mr. Frederick 
E., 366 
Odontoglossum charlesianum, 630; 
Adrianae venustum, 630; cris- 
pum, a yellow, 262 ; crispum 
Baroness Schroder, 458; crispum 
decorum, 630; crispum guttatum 
pittianum, 311; crispum-barrya- 
num, 630 ; crispum Lindenii, 538 ; 
crispum Mendham House var., 
362 ; crispum norwoodense, 362 ; 
crispum Princess Christian, 490; 
crispum rubellum, 661 ; crispum 
Sunlight, 150 ; crispum zebrinum, 
630; dayanum, 230; elegantius 
Baroness Schroder, 678; grande 
pittianum, 118; hunewellianum 
maximum, 571 ; bybridum ash- 
worthianum, 490 ; nebulosum par- 
dinum, 458 ; Pescatorei bellatulum, 
630 ; Pescatorei Duchess of West¬ 
minster, 571 ; rochfordianum, 490 ; 
Rossii majus, 229; triumphans 
intensum, 524 ; tripudians xantho- 
glossum, 709 ; wilckeanum Pittiae, 
45S ; wilckeanum Pitt's var., 538 ; 
wilckeanum Rosslyn var., 429; 
wilckeanum rubiginosum, 429 
Odontoglossum crispum, strange 
behaviour of, 709 ; Pescatorei, a 
fine, 724 
Oncidium albo-verrucosum, 742; 
cucullatum Phalaenopsis Brandt's 
var., 490 ; panduratum, 37 ; Papilio, 
7 i 
Onion show at Banbury, 93 
Onion Ailsa Craig at Edinburgh, 
228 ; Cranston's Excelsior, 237 
Onoclea Struthiopteris, 724 
Ononis rotundifolia, 662 
Orange, a fruitful, 699 ; flowers in 
Paris, 789; tree in Guernsey, 646 
Oranges from California, 596 
Orchard, an ancient, 358 
Orchid culture, unprofitable, 596 ; 
curiosities of the, 653 ; display at 
Highfield, Woolton, 660 ; roots 
with fungus, 492, 541 
Orchid Growers Calendar, the, 23, 
55, 87, 119, 151, 183, 231, 262, 295, 
327. 363. 397 . 43 °. 461. 492, 522, 
555. 583. 631, 663, 694, 726, 741, 
759, 791, 821 
Orchids at Craigclowan, Perth, 105 ; 
Eastwood Park, near Glasgow, 
394 ; Edenside, 774 ; Messrs. Lewis 
& Co., Southgate, 597 ; at the Sale 
Rooms, 100, 244, 309, 342, 391,438, 
692 ; British, 534 ; at Bush Hill 
Park, 635 ; hybrid, 684 ; Messrs. 
Veitch’s, 646 
Ormiston House, 777 
Osterly Park, 246, 757 
Oxlip in Belgium, the, 565 
P 
Paeonies decayed, 583 
Paeony, Alton Lock, 662 ; Cardinal 
Vaughan, 662 ; Dorothy Welsh, 
662 ; Duchess of Marlborough, 662 ; 
Ella Christine Kelway, 679; James 
Kelway, 662 ; Lady Long, 662 ; 
Marchioness of Londonderry, 662 ; 
Prince of Wales, 662 
Paeony tree, Henry Irving, 630 ; 
Juan de Reszke, 630; Julius 
Caesar, 630 
Palania disease, 695 
Palm leaves discoloured, 541 ; 
swindlers, 756 ; the Doom, 550 
Pandanus Sanderi, 619, 629 
Pannemaeker, Jubilee of M. P. J. de, 
213 
Panshanger, 810 
Pansies, raising new, 693 
Papaver, Princess of Wales, 662 ; 
Silver Queen, 662 
Paper and parchment, 709 
Papyrus manuscript, 439 
Paris exhibition of 1900 
Paris gardening, notes on, 683, 697 
Park, Yellowstone, National, 407 
Parks, big, 407, 486 
Parrot Tulips, seeding, 135 
Parsnip, Barr's New White Marrow, 
408 
Partridges, white, 231 
Patents for inventions, 132 
Paxton, Sir Joseph, 782 
Pea, American Wonder, 653; Astro¬ 
nomer, 412 ; Carter’s Early Morn, 
3 t 3 . 333 ; Continuity, 775; Honey- 
dew, 775 ; Mansfield Show, 775 ; 
Prior, 775 ; Saccharine, 775 ; Sut¬ 
ton’s Continuity, 425; Sutton’s 
Peerless Marrowfat, 164; The 
Bruce, 775 ; The Gladstone, 222 
Pea plants, tubercles on the roots of, 
295 
Perfumes and essential oils, Austra¬ 
lian, 581 
Peach, the everbearing, 325 ; the pip 
of a Scottish, 692 ; Thomas Rivers, 
7 11 
Pear, Beurre Hardy, 36, 93 ; Direc- 
teur Hardy, 119 : Passe Crassane, 
397 ; President Barabe, 263, 326 
Peas decayed, 631; edible, 743; for 
market, 686 ; market, 53 ; Scarlet 
Runners and Strawberries, late, 
164 ; the new race of Marrowfat, 
628 
Pelargonium, rise of the zonal, 423 
Pelargoniums decaying, 23 
Pelargoniums, hybrid : C. Jefferies, 
54: G. Stevens, 54; H. B. May, 
J. D. Pawle, 54; R. Dean, 54; 
William Marshall, 54 
Pelargoniums, zonal: Adolphe Bris- 
son, 54 ; Adolphe Brisson, 87 ; Ad¬ 
vance, 54; Albion, 54; Boule de 
Neige, 54 ; Boule de Neige (Bic- 
color), 53; Capt. H. Colville, 54; 
Creed’s Seedling, 53 ; Dolly Var- 
den, 53; Flower of Spring, 53 ; 
Golden Harry Hieover, 53 ; 
Henry Jacoby, 54; Iseult, 134; 
Jules Lemaitre, 87: Le Comte de 
Lisle, 134: Le Rhone, 134; Lila- 
cina, 134; Lilian, 135; Madame 
Roechlia, 54 ; Marechal McMahon, 
53 ; Masterpiece, 53 ; Miss Joliffe, 
134; Miss Kingsbury, 53; Mrs. 
Barney, 54 ; Niagara, 135 : Raspail 
Improved, 50; Rev. H. H. D Om- 
brain, 87; Sir Hamilton, 53 ; Zeno- 
bia, 134 ; Zulu, 53 
Pelican at Kew, 132 
Pellaea atropurpurea in cultivation, 
55 ° 
Peloria of Coelogyne cristata, 487 
Pensioners, an army of, 358 
People's Palace, Glasgow, 343 
People we have met: Airdrie, Mr. 
David, 101; Ashton, Mr. F. W., 
278 ; Boyd, Mr. Thomas, 22 ; Car¬ 
michael, Mr. William, 566, 580; 
Davis, Mr. Norman, 200a (supt.); 
Grieve, Mr. James, 184a (supt.); 
Haggart, Mr. Alexander, 213; 
Hartland, Mr. William Baylor, 
809 ; Hunter, Mr. James, 69 ; Kent, 
Mr. Joseph, 742 ; Laird, Mr. James, 
W., 37; Laird, Mr. William P., 37 ; 
Leslie, Mr. John, 22; Melville, 
Esq., Walker S., 200a (supt.); 
Moorman, Mr. J. W., 166; Ontram, 
Mr. Alfred, 200a (supt.); Smith, 
Mr. J. Fraser, 246 ; Smith, Mr. W , 
184a (supt.); Sydenham, Mr. 
Robert, 310; Temple, Mr. Mungo, 
22 ; Thomson, Mr. David William, 
21; Todd, Mr. M., 184a (supt.); 
Upstone, Mr. Albert F., 694; 
Wythes, Mr. George, 597 
Phaiocalanthe grande, 397 
Phaius Norman, 458, 524; Norman 
aurea, 458; Norman rosea, 458; 
tuberculosus, 487 
Phalaenopsis, Schroderae, 538; 
stuartiano-Mannii, 538 
Pheasant and Black Grouse, hybrid, 
231 
Philadelphia, Florists' Club of, 276 
Philadelphus coronarius Mont Blanc, 
679; Lemoinei, 710 
Philippine Islands, vegetable pro¬ 
ducts of the, 692 
Phlebodium aureum Mayi, 630 
Phlox coccinea, 60 ; Miss Pemberton, 
71 
Phloxes, second flowering of late, 53 
Phoenix Park, 804 
Phoenix Roebelini, 761 
Phyllocactus Agatha, 630; Epirus, 
630; latifrons, 628 
Phyllostachys castillonis, 774 ; fulva, 
775 
Phyllotreta on Cruciferae, 231 
Physalis Franchetti, 311 
Phytoptus on Hazel, 492; Ribis, 492 
Picea pungens glauca pendula, 742 
Pieris formosa at Bicton, 69 
Pilocereus senilis longisetus, 629 
Pinkhill Nurseries, Edinburgh, 122 
Pitsea, the new colony at, 117 
Plant for dry banks, a, 550 
Planting, town and suburban, 291 
Plants and snakes, 692; for speci¬ 
mens, making up, 653 ; interesting, 
604; interesting wild, in Devon, 
565; naturalisation of flowering, 
614 ; penetrate the soil, depth to 
which, 549 ; popular and botanical 
names of, 421 ; popular and pretty 
pot, 708 ; self-irrigation, 740, 804 ; 
sleep of, 52 ; some interesting, 49:; 
the beginnings of, 455; the con¬ 
struction of plants, 390; useful 
hardy, 741 
Plum, the Myrobalan, 628 
Plum trees, roots of, 301 
Plums under glass, 750 
Poet-gardener, a, 724 
Poetry, spring, 628 
Poisoned by fruits from American 
Blackberry, 68 
Polar-expedition, Jackson—Harms- 
wortb, 181 
Pollard Willows, 729 
Poolewe, choice hardy and other 
flowers at, 373 
Polyanthus, a fine strain of, 563 
Polystichum Marshalli, 742 
Pope and the gardener, the, 564 
Postcard, sovran, 534 
Post Office authorities and Pattern 
Post, 518 
Postmen's Park, the, 614 
Potato Carter’s Monarch, 4 ro ; Sut¬ 
ton’s Ideal 409 ; The Dickson, 411 
Potato crop, the Irish, 20 ; disease, 
cause of, 471; experiments in Ire¬ 
land, 323 ; experiments in Wilts, 
389; growing in Scotland, 558; 
Onions. 556; tops as fodder, 487 
